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12/28/2011 9:58AM

New China GPS Could Track U.S. Warships

WSJ's Jeremy Page has details of a new GPS system launched by China this week. The new system, featuring 10 satellites as guidance, is expected to aid in military tracking. AP Photo/Xinhua, Qian Xian'an

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... the ... China has the operating a hole early satellite navigation service designed to compete with GPS system during the team's joins us now from Beijing to starry ... eyed things is fascinating ... I Turinui so many of us are at least I took for granted the GPS a GPS satellite tracking with satellite tracking so why is it in China ... and the euro zone and Russia by the way in all these other places are coming up with homegrown alternatives ... both pieces of the answers they don't want to be entirely dependent on GPS for two reasons many wonders ... the losses spinoffs of the most is the most ... hunted American companies that he is using GPS ... it's a Chinese companies and European companies will select a ... but this was about market which is is not some ... with several billions of dollars a year ... um but there's also a minute to sell into this ... equation which is that um a lot of men in trees around the world ... use GPS services ... and terms of the concern is that in the event of a conflict ... of us would be able to shut down the system and effectively meet all of us but to use them to come back to China is the primary concern ... yet you're right in the Journal today that there is the only other operational system competing with the US GPS system Eilian Russians on assets Anglo blown out to the Russian debt ... I don't know I don't know what it's called and the European Union is developing a Galileo to them ... but twenty twenty oh I imagine as planned but a back burner a bit lately ... I've that this this isn't meant for Chinese is a big deal I mean they say they have ten satellites already it's called the ... idea navigation satellite system six were coming in twenty twelve ... but you can point out that inside is accurate it least yet ... as the US the US ... that's right and ... that's when Indonesia Italy Cabot's China ... and surrounding areas around us within us yesterday ... they haven't said what exactly surrounding areas means ... that they said that by the end of next year when ... the trumpet up another six writes that it's going to cover most of the Asia Pacific region ... um and that the Ms bike twenty twenty ... seven covering the whole loop and button that the current thirty five satellites that ... so it's only competing directly with GPS across the globe and Zoran twenty twenty ... but at the moment is not quite ... as accurate as GPS but but twenty twenty ... summit in Dublin hopes it will be a mention is that of the things that they've done lately to really increase military capability develop ... whether its military of weapons or other systems help that beef up their national defense ... so how important is this potential GPS Dr Mohler is what will this action of his rival ... on to the development of China's national security efforts going forward ... well it is extremely important for couple of reasons but as I mentioned that he gives them um that's of safety and that some of ... the moments ... that asymmetry is thought to be relying on GPS systems Sony event or that of any conflicts um in the region ... especially one in which US forces once dreamed of being separate Taiwan ... the U S could shut down the system to Chinese forces now China has its own time is at least in the China area ... on the second thing is that it would help the Chinese forces to be able to track ... moments and even in the event of a conflict to actually set a strike ... U S ships ... in the Pacific from time to ... that's been one of China's goals of the last us ten to fifteen years says developers can ... to develop the capabilities to ... to to to the U S from intervening in an echo effect of it or ... not and that Washington is keeping ... a wary eye on this and yet not quite as ... accurate or active or fraud cases as the U S satellite system but ... with the matter money and resources that are an offense that ... there were a concert version of GPS is is the major system on which people are ... two golfing ... and most of the United States in to see what is the time to get harder and the GPS system now can play golf ... so you don't the recorded their concern for Chinese golfers intimate ... the China they really wanna ... set up a system so they can get accurate yardage ... I ... didn't really get used to use GPS to put all my guy that's going to tell if this is ... the Chinese kids and they have to be competitive in the Pentagon or anything in the most that Greece can decorate your ... stocks are up about it I ... Jerry and in Beijing ...